IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The third match in two days ended in a 4-1 loss for the Wildcats as they drop to 6-4 on the 2018 season.
The Iowa Hawkeyes cruised through the doubles session, winning the first two matches by scores of 6-2 and 7-6(1). The third doubles match went unfinished.
Freshman Piotr Smietana continued the Hawkeye success with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Arizona freshman
Aaro Pollanen. Fellow Iowa freshman Joe Tyler followed that up with a 7-5, 6-4 win over senior
Trent Botha (UA). Redshirt sophomore Kareem Allaf secured the match for Iowa with a three-set victory over Arizona junior
Jonas Maier (4-6, 6-1, 6-3).
The sole Arizona point came from
Alejandro Reguant, who won his 7
th match in a row by beating Iowa freshman Will Davies 6-3, 6-1.
"We are moving in the right direction as a team," said head coach
Clancy Shields. "It will be all the more rewarding when it comes together and we play a complete match as a team, we are getting close."
The Wildcats will return home next weekend when they face Northern Arizona and Nebraska.
Results
Doubles
Allaf/Larsen (UI) def. Karpovets/Hassey (UA) 6-2
Botha/Malbasic (UA) vs. Smietana/Davies (UI) 6-6 unf.
Jacoby/Tyler (UI) def. Reguant/Maier (UA) 7-6(1)
Order: 1,3
Singles
Igor Karpovets (UA) vs. Josh Silverstein 7-5, 1-6, 0-1 unf.
Piotr Smietana (UI) def.
Aaro Pollanen (UA) 7-5, 6-1
Joe Tyler (UI) def.
Trent Botha (UA) 7-5, 6-4
Kareem Allaf (UI) def.
Jonas Maier (UA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Filip Malbasic (UA) vs. Jonas Larsen (UI) 6-4, 3-6, 0-2 unf.
Alejandro Reguant (UA) def. Will Davies (UI) 6-3, 6-1
Order: 6,2,3,4
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